Summer Weather in Gondar Ethiopia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 9°F, from 79°F to 70°F, rarely falling below 64°F or exceeding 85°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 67°F on August 1.

Daily low temperatures are around 58°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on April 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gondar typically range from 60°F to 84°F, while on December 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from 51°F to 78°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Santa Catarina Roatina, Mexico (8,723 miles away) and San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala (8,460 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gondar (view comparison).

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The summer in Gondar experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 64% to 74%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88% on July 24.

The clearest day of the summer is June 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 36% of the time.

For reference, on July 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on November 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gondar, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 53% and ending it at 88%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 96% on August 2, and its lowest chance is 1% on January 14.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer in Gondar is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.8 inches or falls below 1.1 inches, and ending the season at 11.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 17.5 inches or falls below 5.3 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 16.1 inches on August 1.

Over the course of the summer in Gondar, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 27 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 18 seconds, and weekly decrease of 2 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 19, with 12 hours, 52 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer in Gondar is 6:03 AM on June 1 and the latest sunrise is 16 minutes later at 6:19 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 7:00 PM on July 9 and the earliest sunset is 19 minutes earlier at 6:41 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Gondar during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets 12 hours, 52 minutes later, at 6:57 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:46 AM and sets 11 hours, 23 minutes later, at 6:10 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the summer of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Gondar is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Gondar is decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 6.1 miles per hour to 4.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour, while on September 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.5 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Gondar during the summer is predominantly out of the north from June 1 to July 21 and from August 1 to August 31 and the west from July 21 to August 1.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Gondar are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Gondar are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,184°F, from 2,826°F to 4,010°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Gondar is gradually decreasing during the summer, falling by 0.7 kWh, from 6.2 kWh to 5.4 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 4.5 kWh on July 24.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gondar are 12.600 deg latitude, 37.467 deg longitude, and 7,221 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gondar contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,286 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,053 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,104 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,776 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gondar is covered by cropland (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (77%) and shrubs (18%), and within 50 miles by cropland (58%) and shrubs (14%).